We Are Entertained: ‘Beauty and the Beast’

This week Chris and Matt talk about a pair of Netflix originals before they share their reactions to Disney’s new-old film Beauty and the Beast.

Chris finally listens to Matt’s advice and checks out Chef’s Table, a documentary series on Netflix that devotes each episode to exploring the life and career of a different “celebrity chef.” The duo try to dissect what it is that makes these documentaries so captivating. Cinematography, content, narrative arc: what do you think?

Matt spends this week talking about his new love, Love. This was a show that flew under his radar for a season but a 2-season binge hooked him deeply this week. The conversation about the show morphs into a discussion about how shows get made and a lengthy discussion about pilots, the lifetime of a season, and just what it takes to get something out of a writer’s mind onto the screen for an audience. The real question you’ll have at the end of this one is whether Paul Rust would join us for a game of D&D or punch us both square in the nose.

Then, of course, we dive into the live action remake of the only musical about a girl who falls in love with a dog man. No, notLa La Land(You’ve still got it, Matt), Beauty and the Beast! There’s a reason we bring up LLL, though. Every musical for the next few years will certainly draw comparisons; the only question is whether it’s a favorable one. Almost certainly the film’s target audience, tune in to find out exactly what we thought (and whether Chris wept openly)!

One Response to We Are Entertained: ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Totally with you guys on this one… I liked the Disney version much better. I also heard about a version by some Armenian director Gio Plumondon or something. We’ll see how they handle the friction between the candelabra and the footstool!!

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